October is National Co-op Month, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of a trusted, proven way to do business and build resilient communities.
The National Farmers Union is joining with cooperatives and credit unions across rural America to celebrate.
During October, the NFU is joining over 65,000 cooperatives across the U.S. in observing National Co-op Month, observed in the U.S. since 1964. The theme for this year is “Cooperatives Build a Better World,” and it was chosen by the National Cooperative Business Association to echo the United Nations declaration of 2025 as the second International Year of Cooperatives.
Cooperative enterprise is central to the mission of the Farmers Union, which was founded in 1914 as the “Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union of America.”
Throughout its history, the organization has played a key role in supporting cooperative development in the U.S., including policy advocacy, educational resources, and organizing the annual College Conference on Cooperatives
